Broad City's Abbi and Ilana on Being Back and Better Than Ever: Season 3 Was When We Thought, Let's Own This

At long last, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, cocreators, showrunners, and stars of Comedy Central's Broad City are back. Well, to be honest, they haven't been gone since last year's season-two finale. The two have been hard at work writing scripts for season three (which I consulted on!), guest starring on Lucas Bros. Moving Company and Inside Amy Schumer, cohosting the 2015 IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards, and getting a season four and five renewal of their show. Solo, they're also getting things done: Abbi is starring in the upcoming movie Human People, while Ilana is currently shooting a limited series for Comedy Central titled Time Traveling Bong. Whew! These ladies have been busy! But today? Today, they get to take a momentary breather as season three of Broad City premieres tonight at 10 P.M. ET. If you haven't already, check out the hilarious trailer for this upcoming season:

Glamour: Your show obviously resonates with a lot of people—critics, audiences, fellow comedians. What do you think it is about Broad City that folks can so easily identify with?

Jacobson: Whenever I see comedy I'm into, it's usually me having a gut reaction like, "Oh, that is so that person and that is so that person's voice." You know? They're just speaking from their own experience, and because they're so specific, they end up being more relatable. I think that's what people are noticing in the show. What we do is very specific to us, our writers, and everyone who works on the show. I think comedy right now is all about specificity.

Glazer: Also, there's a messiness of the show. And we don't look like the average people on TV. We're not tall and skinny and bony and shit. We're just normal looking and cute, and I like seeing real people on TV and in movies. I feel like other people like that, too.

Glamour: OK, let's come back to season three. What was the most exciting part about doing this new season and how do you feel like it's been different than the two previous ones?

Glazer: This season, the writing has been the hardest part. The hardest it's ever been.

Glamour: Why do you think that is?

Glazer: We've been calling writing season three the "Wednesday" of the series, you know? It's very much our adolescence and growing into a mature series. But then shooting? It's the best it has ever been. It was so much fun, and it was so great to not be stressing as much and to be playing more. We laughed more than ever.

Jacobson: Ilana and I, up until this season, have kind of been...there had been no break between seasons one and season two. The seasons were so close to each other that it was almost continuous. I think that's partially why writing the third one was the hardest because we had this break. We had time to process, but season three was when we thought, "Oh my God. We might get to do more of these. We're going to get more seasons. Let's own this." We took more ownership of what we were doing, which allowed us to allow ourselves to have fun when were shooting. We always had fun shooting, but we were also very nervous before.

Glamour: So tonight is the big premiere. Do you have plans? Are you going to watch it live together?

Glazer: I'm going to be shooting Time Traveling Bong in Massachusetts, so I'll just be watching from my hotel.

Jacobson: That's the only thing about Ilana doing Time Traveling Bong that I'm upset about—because we have never not watched it together.

Glazer:Aww!!!

*Be sure to watch the season premiere of *Broad City tonight (and every Wednesday!) at 10 P.M. ET.